Massive Course Copy

Administration tools ::: tool_copy_courses
Maintained by JHON EDINSON RANGEL ARDILA
The plugin you're developing streamlines the process of duplicating courses in your platform, providing administrators with a faster way to replicate course structures and content without manual recreation.

Massive Course Copy 1.1

Moodle 4.4, 4.5, 5.0
Released: Saturday, 12 October 2024, 9:45 AM

Copy masive courses

Plugin Description

This plugin is designed to facilitate bulk duplication or copying of courses within a platform, based on pre-established configurations. It allows administrators to quickly replicate entire courses, including their structure and content, without the need to recreate each course manually.

Process Overview

  • Upload CSV File: Administrators can upload a CSV file specifying the details of the courses they wish to duplicate.

  • Validation: After uploading, the plugin performs validations to ensure that only correctly configured courses are duplicated.

  • Generate Tasks: Once validated, users can generate the respective adhoc tasks with a single click.

Afterward, the cron job or specific launcher for adhoc tasks will handle the rest.

Usage Instructions

  1. Upload a CSV file containing the following fields:
Field Description
copyshortname Refers to the shortname of the course from which you want to copy.
fullname Is the name or fullname of the new course.
shortname Is the shortname of the new course.
category Is the category id for the new course.
visible Indicates whether the new course should be visible or not. Use 1 for visible, 0 for hidden.
startdate Is the start date of the course, for example: 2024-09-15 15:00:00.
enddate Is the end date of the course, for example: 2024-12-15 15:00:00.
  1. After uploading, a series of validations will be performed.

  2. Click on "Create Tasks" to generate adhoc tasks for copying each of the courses (tasks will only be created for courses that pass validation).

  3. After this, the cron job or dedicated schedulers will take care of completing the process.

Additionally, you can follow the example file already provided.


Installing via uploaded ZIP file

  1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins.
  2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.
  3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/admin/tool/copy_courses

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

License

2023 Jhon Rangel jrangelardila@gmail.com

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Version information

Version build number
2024101100
Version release name
1.1
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
945db64f7a87733d3880ea0dd16a66c2
Supported software
Moodle 4.4, Moodle 4.5, Moodle 5.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.4
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.5
  • Latest release for Moodle 5.0

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Administration tools

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "mytool") in the "admin/tool" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation